| 1917 |
Born September 20 in Brooklyn, New York |
| 1932-35 |
Attends Eastern District High School, Brooklyn, New York; named all-Brooklyn second team as a senior |
| 1936-37 |
Attends Seth Low Junior College, New York |
| 1937-40 |
Earns three letters in basketball at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1941 |
Marries Dorothy Lewis |
| 1941-43 |
Coaches Roosevelt High School, Washington, D.C. |
| 1942 |
Plays for Harrisburg Senators, American Basketball League/Eastern Basketball League |
| 1943-46 |
Serves in United States Navy |
| 1946-49 |
Coaches Washington Capitals of the Basketball Association of America (precursor to National Basketball Association) |
| 1949-50 |
Coaches Tri Cities Blackhawks of NBA and assistant coach, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina |
| 1950 |
Named head coach of NBA's Boston Celtics |
| 1956 |
Traded Ed Macauley and Cliff Hagan to St. Louis Hawks for the right to draft Bill Russell out of college |
| 1957 |
Wins first NBA championship as Celtics defeat Hawks in seven-game final |
| 1959-66 |
Coaches Celtics to eight consecutive NBA championships; retires in 1966 to focus on general manager duties |
| 1978 |
Drafts Larry Bird while Bird was still a college junior |
| 1979 |
Considers and rejects offer from New York Knicks |
| 1997 |
Stripped of team president's title as Celtics name Rick Pitino chief of basketball operations and head coach |
| 2001 |
Auerbach restored as team president |
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